Magazine for typographical machines.



W. H. ORPEN, JR.

MAGAZINE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1914.

Patented Oct. 5, 191 5.

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i A WITNESSES: r INVENTOR ATTORNEY S TE 1 ,WILLIAM H. ORPEN, 3a., or BROOKLYN, NEW vonmassreuoiz. To rureanario var.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WIL IA H. ORPEN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in. theycountyof Kings and Stateof. New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Magazines for Typographical Machines, of which thefollowe ing is a specification. The present invention relates to improvements in typographical machines and more especially to those of the linot'ypeclass employing a magazine provided with channels to contain matrices, the ;latter' being distributed into the appropriate channels, at one end of the magazine and discharged from the: opposite end of the magazine under'the' control of escapements. Inmachines of this .class it has been customary heretofore toplace the magazine in Ianin- 'clined position in order to avoid excessive speed'of the'matrices'in the magazine which would damage the matrices'a'nd. the escapements which engage and arrest; them.v 1

The primary, object of the present inven: tion is to provide means for controlling the speed of the matriceswhile traveling in the magazine whereby the magazine may be placed in a vertical position or at a steeper inclination than heretofore possible without liability of damage to the matrices. or the arresting and controlling escapements. The

invention, however, is applicable generally.

to any chute or passageway of the machine through which the matrices fall or descend by gravity whereby the speed of movement of the matrices is retarded or controlled as desired. The accompanying drawing is a perspective view, partly in section,- showing the present invention applied to a vertical magazine which latter is adapted to handle matrices of the ordinary type.

In the present instance the magazin is shown constructed of a pair of plates 1 and 2 which are held in the usual or any other suitable way in appropriately spaced relation to accommodate the matrices edgewise between them. In the present arrangement,

the matrices are introduced into the top or upper end of the magazine by distributer mechanism similar to that ordinarily employed, the same comprising a pair of upper screws 3 and 4, a lower screw 5, and a toothed or ribbed distributer bar 6, the

screws feeding the matrices along the under Specification of Ile ttersIatent.

MAGAZINE FOR rYroeRArH oAn MaoHINns' reamed se -.15", 1915,.

Application filed February 4, 1914." Serial lio.=816,583.

sideof the distributer until they reach their; respective channels in the magazine? The construction shown is adapted to handle matrices of theordinary type,-each matrix ,Mhaving upperears orlugs m and lower ears or lugs m. As the matrices reach positlons above their. respective channels in the 71., A ooa PoaATioN oF NEW magazine they drop .from the distributer bar into the magazine and-gravitate toward the lower endofthemagazin'e, they ,being arrested either by dropping upon matrices already contained in the lower portion of the magazineor by escapement means. {In

the present instance, an escapement 7 isprovided for ez1ch:magazine channel, this escapementchaving two pawls,=the lower of which normally engages the lowermost ma- .trixin the respective channel. The escape ment is heldnormally in this position by a lever 8 which is pivotedat 9. and is acted why a spring 10'. The escapement is. actuated :to "release and. cause delivery of the lowermost matrix; which is retained on the lower pawl ofthe escapement'by an escapementactuating rod 11 which is operatedby the usual keyboard-mechanism. Obviously, any other appropriate type of escapement' means may be used as a substitute for that shown. I 2

" l2 and-l3 designateithe.channels formed in. the inner faces of'the plates 1 and. 2, these channels being of a number corresponding "to 'the nu'mber of matrices which the magazine is designed to contam.

Ordinarily these channels are straight fromtop to bottom or end to end of the magazine. Accordingto the present invention, however,

these channels are formed with waves, corshould anv of the matrices fall or descend I the entire height of the magazine it will not produce a blow suflicient to injure either the matrix orthe escapement. In the pre- 'ferred construction which is shown waves or corrugations are formed in the matrix channels of the magazine, and these waves or corrugatlons are preferably arranged so 'that they alternate, that is to say, the low part of thewave' or corrugation 14in one plate is opposite to the highpart of the wave or corrugation 15 in the opposite plate. During the descent of the matrix, the, ears or lugs on the upper and lower ends thereof follow the waves or undulatory surfaces of the matrix channels whereby the matrix is caused to swingv or wiggle-las it descends through the zigzag or sinuous passageway which is thus provided. It* is preferable not to extend the waves or corrugations to the top or bottom of the magazine, that is to say, thematrix channels at the top andbottom of-the'magazine arepreferably straight, asshown. Thiswrll allow each matrix to drop freelyinto the magazineand thus'clear the distribute'r andsany succeeding =matrix on the distributerbar and allow the -m'atrices at the lower end of the magazine to be delivered freely and at unretarded speed.

I claim as my invention 1. In a'machine of thelinotype class, a

Channel or passageway through which matrices fall, saidchannel being straight but having its walls irregular in form to retard adapted to fall, said wpassageway' being straight in its general direction and having undulatory surfaces operative to oscillate and thereby retard the falling movement of the matrices.

Achannel or chute through which matrices fall endWise, two opposite guiding surfaces of said chute being formed with alternatewav-es or corrugations to oscillate the matrices edgewise and thereby retard their speed and to guide the matrices in a substantially straightgdirection.

' 6." In amachine of the class described, a

matrix magazindhaving channels through which: matrlces areadapted to fall, and es- --ca.pementmeans forarrestlng' the falling and controlling "the delivery of matrices from each channel, 'saidchannels being straightlongitudinally and having irregular surfaces to: engage and-oscillate and thus re tard the fall of the matrices while maintaining thegcourseof the matrices substantially straight. i

'7. In amachine of the lmotype class, in combln'ation wlth a matrix magazine adapted to receive matrices :in: its upper end from a 'distributer, and having an escapement at its lower end to control the delivery of matrices therefrom, a series of-substantially straight channels-insaid magazine through which the-matrices freely fall,-all or some of said channels being irregulan thereby'causing thematricesto be oscillated edgewise while maintaining a substantially straight course ofdescent.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of two subscribing witn'esses.

' WILLIAM H; .ORPEN, JR.

Witnesses: ALFRED. Gr. 'BENNETT, T. S. HoMANs.

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